How do you take
a traffic ticket to court in Seminole County? In Seminole County, if you want to fight a traffic ticket, it will be heard
in County Court. The
major cities of Seminole County include: Lake Mary, Oviedo, and Sanford. If you received a traffic ticket in Seminole County
you are not alone. Last year 66,878 traffic citations were issued in Seminole County alone.
In order to find out more information about
a traffic ticket, pay a civil traffic citation, or elect to attend a driver improvement
course you can contact the Seminole County
Clerk of the Court at:
Seminole County Clerk of the Court
101 Bush Blvd, Seminole County Courthouse
Sanford, FL 32377
(407) 665-4450
http://www.seminoleclerk.org/
If your ticket number is not showing up in
the Court system you may need to try back. It sometimes takes a few weeks for the issuing agency to submit the citation to
the Clerk’s office. You have thirty (30) days to pay a traffic ticket, request a hearing, or elect traffic school.
Before
paying a traffic citation, or electing traffic school you should discuss your case with an experienced traffic ticket
attorney in Seminole County. Paying your traffic
tickets could result in points on your license, higher insurance rates, or possible even the suspension of your driver‘s
license.
Below
find answers to questions frequently asked by drivers who received traffic tickets in Seminole County.
What
types of cases are heard in traffic court? Hearing officers have the power to accept pleas and decide the guilt or innocence of any person, (adult
or juvenile) charged with any civil traffic infraction who appears before them. Hearing officers have the power to adjudicate
or withhold adjudication in the same manner as a county court judge. County Court judges hear cases involving property
damage, or which result in the death or injury of a person.
